The Waterboys - The stolen child

Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater and the wild ^C With a ^Gfaery, hand in hand ^{Am C} For the ^Gworld's more full of ^Amweeping than ^Cyou can understand ^G

Where dips the rocky ^Dhighland^Em of Sleuth Wood in the lake ^G There lies a leafy ^Disland, where ^Emflapping herons wake The drowsy water ^Crats ^G There we've hid our faery ^Amvats Full of berries^{C G Am}And of reddest stolen ^Ccher^Gries

Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater and the wild ^C With a ^Gfaery, hand in hand ^{Am C} For the ^Gworld's more full of ^Amweeping than ^Cyou can understand ^G

Where the wave of ^Dmoonlight glosses the ^Emdim grey sands with light ^G Far off by ^Dfurthest Rosses, we ^Emfoot it all the night Weaving olden dances, ^Cmingling hands and mingling ^Gglances Till the moon has taken ^Amflight To and fro we leap^C and chase the frothy bubbles ^GWhile the world is full of troubles ^Am And is anxious ^Cin its sleep

Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater Come a^Gway, human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater and the wild ^C With a ^Gfaery, hand in hand ^{Am C} For the ^Gworld's more full of ^Amweeping than ^Cyou can understand ^G

Where the ^Dwandering water gushes^Em from the hills above Glen Carr ^G In pools among the^D rushes that scarce could bathe a ^Emstar We seek for slumbering ^Ctrout and whispering in their ^Gears We give^Am them unquiet dreams ^C Leaning softly out from ^Gferns that drop their ^Amtears Over the young streams ^C

Away with ^Dus he's going,^Em the solemn-eyed ^G He'll hear no more the ^Dlowing of the ^Emcalves on the warm hillside ^C Or the kettle on the ^Ghob,^Am sing peace into his breast Or ^Csee the brown mice ^Gbob, a^Amround and around the ^Coatmeal-chest

For he ^Gcomes, the human ^Dchild, to the ^Emwater He ^Gcomes, the human ^Dchild to the ^Emwater and the wild ^C With a ^Gfaery, hand in hand ^{Am C} From a ^Gworld more full of ^Amweeping than ^Che can understand ^G

Human ^Dchild ^{Em G} Human ^Dchild ^{Em C} With a ^Gfaery, hand in hand ^{Am C} From a ^Gworld more full of ^Amweeping than ^Che can understand ^CThan he can understand, he can understand